NMFS Allocates Groundfish Catch in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has allocated amounts from a non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of Bering Sea Greenland turbot and Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Alaska plaice, as well as the total allowable catch of BSAI sculpins and BSAI skates in the BSAI management area, in order to maintain the operation of the fisheries and align with the fishery management plan for the BSAI management area.